Season 2016

1. The True Nature of Matter and Mass

2016-01-06 · 11m

We know that mass is energy… but what is energy? And where did matter and time even come from? Matt begins to dive into these intricate topics by first examining what inertial mass is, how it relates to gravitational mass, and what it all means for mass as a fundamental property.

2. When Time Breaks Down

2016-01-13 · 10m

3. The Photon Clock Challenge

2016-01-20 · 3m

4. The Origin of Matter and Time

2016-01-27 · 13m

5. Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?

2016-02-03 · 11m

6. LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!

2016-02-11 · 10m

7. Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

2016-02-17 · 9m

8. Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened

2016-02-24 · 13m

9. What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?

2016-03-02 · 13m

10. Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge

2016-03-09 · 6m

11. Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?

2016-03-16 · 15m

12. How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe

2016-03-23 · 14m

13. Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!

2016-03-30 · 10m

14. We Are Star Stuff

2016-04-06 · 14m

15. Will the Universe Expand Forever?

2016-04-13 · 14m

16. Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy

2016-04-20 · 13m

17. What Does Dark Energy Really Do?

2016-04-27 · 13m

18. Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?

2016-05-04 · 13m

19. The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question

2016-05-11 · 8m

20. Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy

2016-05-18 · 15m

21. Is an Ice Age Coming?

2016-05-25 · 16m

22. Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?

2016-06-01 · 12m

23. New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

2016-06-08 · 14m

24. The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing

2016-06-15 · 14m

25. Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics

2016-06-22 · 16m

26. Nuclear Physics Challenge

2016-06-29 · 5m

27. Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past

2016-07-06 · 14m

28. The Future of Gravitational Waves

2016-07-20 · 9m

29. The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality

2016-07-27 · 14m

30. Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson

2016-08-03 · 14m

31. How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past

2016-08-10 · 15m

32. Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge

2016-08-17 · 6m

33. Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?

2016-08-24 · 15m

The Kepler telescope recently noticed a strange partial eclipse that some have speculated could be a Dyson Sphere. Are Dyson Sphere's possible? Are they practical? What other alternatives to futuristic energy capture do we have to choose from? Why not a kugelblitz - a swarm of black hole powered engines?

34. Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer

2016-09-07 · 9m

35. Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination

2016-09-14 · 13m

We’ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots. This will not only change humanity’s future but reshape the galaxy as we know it.

36. Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate

2016-09-21 · 15m

Albert Einstein strongly disagreed with Niels Bohr when it came to Bohr’s interpretation of quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement settled the argument once and for all.

37. Life on Europa?

2016-09-29 · 14m

The Hubble Telescope found more evidence of vast plumes of water bursting through the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. What does this tell us about the potential for life on Europa?

38. Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge

2016-10-05 · 7m

The Drake Equation tells us the likelihood that there are other advanced technological civilizations waiting for us among the stars. In this episode of Space Time we challenge you to use the Drake Equation to help us determine how near or far these alien races may be. Links to reference material below.

39. Black Holes from the Dawn of Time

2016-10-12 · 14m

Primordial black holes may be lurking throughout our universe. How large are they, how many are out there and what would happen if they moved through our solar system?

40. The First Humans on Mars

2016-10-19 · 12m

Elon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?

41. The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse

2016-10-26 · 13m

Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?

42. Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers

2016-11-02 · 10m

43. Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?

2016-11-09 · 16m

44. Strange Stars

2016-11-16 · 14m

45. Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism

2016-11-30 · 17m

46. What Happens at the Event Horizon?

2016-12-08 · 20m

47. Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge

2016-12-14 · 9m

48. Have They Seen Us?

2016-12-21 · 18m

Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.